Battery Day: Tesla confirms nickel as metal of choice
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Tesla’s widely anticipated Battery Day event went ahead Tuesday US time with several important announcements around Tesla’s choice of metal for its EV batteries.
The EV maker intends to use more US-sourced nickel in its cathode battery production and less cobalt.
“Nickel is the cheapest and the highest energy density metal,” Drew Baglino, senior vice-president for Tesla’s Powertrain and Energy Engineering division, told the crowd that had gathered in Teslas drive-in style for the Battery Day event.
“That’s why increasing nickel is a goal of ours,” he said.